College Hockey America has named its award winners for January 24

College Hockey America Weekly Award Winners for Games Through
January 24

College Hockey America Players of the Week

Meghan Agosta, Mercyhurst

Senior, Forward, Ruthven, Ontario

Agosta recorded five points on two goals and three assists in a
two-game sweep of Robert Morris this past weekend at the RMU Island
Sports Center. She scored a goal and dished out two assists in a
6-3 win on Fridaybefore scoring her 26th of the season short-handed
while adding a helper in Saturday’s 7-1 victory. With the
five-point effort, she is now just seven points away from breaking
former Harvard player Julie Chu’s mark of 285 points to
become the NCAA all-time points leader.

College Hockey America Goaltender of the Week

Jenni Bauer –
Niagara

Senior, Goalie, St. Catherines, Ontario

Senior Jenni Bauer had another ironclad performance in net to
help lead Niagara to a weekend sweep of in-state rival Syracuse.
The reigning CHA goalie of the week picked up her second shutout
win in three games with a 1-0 victory on Friday. Bauer made 28
saves in the contest. On Saturday, Bauer made 14 saves and allowed
one goal. Bauer has allowed two goals in the last 239 minutes (four
games). For the weekend, Bauer had a 0.50 gaa, .977 save percentage
and 42 saves.

College Hockey America Rookie of the Week

Christine Bestland – Mercyhurst

Freshman, Forward, Brunkild, Manitoba

Bestland tied teammates Meghan Agosta and Jesse Scanzano with
five points in the two-game sweep of the Colonials last weekend.
She scored two goals and added three assists to move her rookie
point total to 35 on the season. In Friday’s win, she scored
two goals and helped out on another. The next day, she assisted on
two goals as the Lakers put seven scores on the Colonials for the
second time this season.

College Hockey America Honor Roll

Brianna Delaney - Robert Morris (Junior, Forward,
Stittsville, Ontario) - Delaney registered her
team-leading seventh multi-point game of the season Friday against
No. 4 Mercyhurst by contributing a goal and an assist for the
Colonials. Her 22nd career multi-point game also allowed her to
become the first player in Robert Morris history to tally three
20-point seasons in her career. Delaney also combined with her
younger sister, Cobina, to assist on a goal for the second time
this season.

Thea Imbrogno - Robert Morris (Freshman, Forward
Etobicoke, Ontario) - Im- brogno collected a goal and an
assist in a pair of games against No. 4 Mercyhurst this past
weekend. She now has registered four points in three contests
against the nationally- ranked Lakers this season and tops Robert
Morris with nine points in conference play.

Hillary Pattenden - Mercyhurst (Junior, Goaltender,
Surrey, British Columbia) - Pattenden recorded both
decisions as the Lakers swept Robert Morris this past weekend in
Pittsburgh. She stopped 18 shots in Friday’s 6-3 win and 25
in Saturday’s 7-1 romp. With the wins, she moves to 18-5-0 on
the season.

Kaleigh Chippy - Niagara (Freshman, Forward, 5-8,
Cleveland, Ohio) - Chippy had a career-high weekend versus
Syracuse. Chippy played a role in all three goals in
Niagara’s 3-1 win on Sunday for the Purple Eagles’
fourth straight win. Chippy assisted on the first and second goals,
both scored in the second period, while icing the game with a
power-play goal with 4:41 remaining in the third period.

Delayne Brian - Wayne State (Junior, Goaltender,
Winnipeg, Man.) - Brian made 59 saves last weekend in a
split with No. 10 Quinnipiac in Detroit. She stopped 28 shots in
Friday’s 2-1 win, allowing only an extra-attacker goal with
1:19 remaining in regulation. She also held the Bobcats to 0-for-4
on power plays Friday as the Warriors snapped an 18-game winless
streak against ranked opponents. Brian finished with 31 saves on
Saturday, her 16th performance with 30-plus saves this season. She
has 700 saves, fourth-most in the nation and the second-highest
single-season total in program history.

Sadie St. Germain – Syracuse (Freshman, Forward,
Ashburnham, Mass.) – St. Germain scored
Syracuse’s only goal in a 3-1 setback to Niagara on Saturday.
She now has two goals and four assists, which is tied for 11th in
the CHA in freshman scoring.

College Hockey America Team Notes

MERCYHURST: No. 4/4 Mercyhurst (20-5-0, 9-0-0
CHA) completed a two-game sweep of College Hockey America foe
Robert Morris this past weekend, defeating the Colonials by the
scores of 6-3 and 7-1 at the RMU Island Sports Center. The Lakers,
who now have won 20 games for the 10th straight season, move to
26-0-0 in the all-times series against Robert Morris...Seniors
Meghan Agosta and Jesse Scanzano and freshman Christine Bestland
all recorded five points in the series with two goals and three
assists apiece.With five points in the series, Agosta is just seven
away from becoming the NCAA’s all-time points leader. She
also needs six goals to break the NCAA mark for goals in
career(150). Harvard’s Julie Chu set the points mark at 285
while former Crimson player Nicole Corriero set the goals mark at
150.Junior Hillary Pattenden picked up both wins in the series with
18 saves in the first game and 25 in the second. She improves to
18-5-0 on the season. Mercyhurst continues CHA play this weekend
with a two-game series at Niagara on Saturday, Jan. 29 and Sunday,
Jan. 30. The Lakers snapped a two-game losing skid to the Purple
Eagles and improved 35-6-3 in the all-time series with a two-game
sweep at home at home earlier this season.

NIAGARA: Niagara extended its unbeaten streak
to six games with its first-ever sweep of on in-state rival
Syracuse over the weekend.The unbeaten run is the longest since the
2002 Frozen Four campaign ad the Purple Eagles’ four-game win
streak is their longest since they won four straight from Feb.
26-March 9, 2006.Sophomore Jenna Hendrikx scored the game winning
goal with 21 seconds remaining in the 1-0 win over the Orange on
Friday night...The Purple Eagle held off a third-period rally
on Saturday to defeat the Orange, 3-1.Saturday’s game was
Niagara’s annual “Pink the Rink” game as a part
of the CHA’s “Skate for the Cure” initiative to
raise breast health awareness.For the second straight season, the
Purple Eagles wore pink jerseys and for the second straight season
Niagara defeated a conference rival, 3-1 (Robert Morris)...Freshman
Kaleigh Chippy had a three-point game (one goal, two
assists).Senior Jenni Bauer made 14 saves in the game and has
allowed two goals in the last 239 minutes.Niagara will host the
fourth-ranked Mercyhurst Lakers in a two-game set starting on
Saturday at 7 p.m. in a clash of the top two teams in the CHA.

ROBERT MORRIS: Robert Morris took the lead on
No. 4 Mercyhurst in the game’s opening minutes, but the
confer- ence-unbeaten Lakers were able to turn the tide and pulled
away in the third period for a 6-3 victory Friday. Junior Brianna
Delaney and sophomore Kelsey Thomas led the Colonial effort as each
recorded a goal and an assist. Delaney’s second-period score
made her the first player in Robert Morris history to have three
seasons with at least 20 points. The multi-point effort was also
her team-leading seventh of the season and marked the 22nd such
occasion in her career. Robert Morris held the nation’s best
power-play unit entering the weekend to just a 1-for-8 mark on the
evening. The nationally-ranked Lakers came out of the gates
strong and opened up an early first-period lead that they would not
relinquish as they took down Robert Morris, 7-1, Saturday. Freshman
Thea Imbrogno continued her strong rookie season by netting the
Colonials’ tally. She now has four points in three games
against the nationally-ranked Lakers and leads the team with nine
points during conference play. The Colonials have now not been
shutout in their past 34 games even though they have played 11 of
those contests against nationally-ranked foes—no other CHA
team currently has a streak longer than eight games. After playing
its sixth and seventh games this season against a team that has
been ranked No. 1 nationally, Robert Morris will now have nearly
two weeks off from competition as the Colonials next hit the ice
during the first weekend of February when they continue CHA play by
hosting Niagara.

SYRACUSE: The Syracuse University women’s
ice hockey team was swept by Niagara, 1-0 and 3-1, last weekend. In
game-one, both teams were scoreless until Niagara scored the
game-winning goal with 21 seconds remaining in regula- tion.
Freshman goaltender Kallie Billadeau made 17 saves in net. In
game-two, the Purples took an early 2-0 lead, but a third period
goal by freshman Sadie St. Germain brought SU within one. Niagara
scored again in the third period to seal the win. Freshman
goaltender Jenesica Drinkwater turned away 26 shots for the Orange.
The all-time series between SU and Niagara is now tied, 5-5-2. The
Orange will travel to Detroit, Mich. to take on Wayne State on Jan.
28 and 29. Syracuse swept the Warriors 3-0 and 5-3 earlier
this season to tie the all-times series 5-5.

WAYNE STATE: Wayne State split its final
non-conference series of the season last weekend against No. 10
Quinnipiac, winning 2-1 on Friday and falling 3-0 on Saturday.
Friday’s victory snapped an 18-game winless streak against
ranked opponents dating back to 2008. Clinging to a 2-0 lead late
in the third, the Bobcats scored an extra-attacker goal with 1:19
remaining in regulation, but subsequent scoring chances were
stymied by the Warriors who broke a six-game losing skid. Micheline
Frappier, who has four points in the last six games, and Jill
Szandzik scored for the Warriors. Despite the loss on
Saturday, Brian finished with 31 saves, her 16th performance with
30-plus saves this season, and 59 for the series. She has 700
saves, fourth-most in the nation and the second-highest
single-season total in program history. Wayne State will wrap up
its six-game homestand this weekend against Syracuse.